St. Michaels Concours d’ Elegance 11th Anniversary this September

The celebration of the 11th anniversary of St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance will be held on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at the Fogg Cove Landing waterfront campus portion of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, and on the picturesque waterfront law of Inn at Perry Cabin by Belmond. The internationally acclaimed event was in fact opened on the grounds of the Inn at Perry Cabin back in 2007 by Founding Chairman George Walish, past president of Rolls Royce of North America. Local volunteers of the St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance celebrated a historic return home to St. Michaels in 2016 through partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and are delighted that the Maritime Museum will be co-hosting.

The St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance showcases some of the finest automobiles from around the world and is proud to announce the Honorable Judge Joseph C. Cassini III is the Honorable Chairman for 2017. Judge Cassini, billed by The New York Times as “a Well- Traveled Concours Winner is the owner of many exquisite classics and recipient of numerous trophies, including two Pebble Beach Best of Show wins. The St. Michaels Concours has been dubbed by some as one of the top 10 such events in the United States, and Walish has called it the “Pro-Bowl” to Pebble Beach’s “Super Bowl” of classic motorcar competitions. In the tradition of the historic Concours events held in Paris, the exhibit of automobiles will be complemented by an elegant fashion show presented by Chesapeake Outfitters.

Final details of Concours weekend are being made to include a gala benefit dinner, tickets are available online for $ 200. The dinner will be highlighted with a presentation by the Classic Motor Museum’s students enrolled in its automotive educational program on Saturday evening at the Inn at Perry Cabin by Belmond.

“The Inn’s historic nature”, says Concours Chairman Luke Phipps, “ the beautiful gardens and its grandeur are the perfect backdrop for an event which has style at its core.” The Inn’s waterfront lawn and show field on Sunday will feature rare, pre-war European and American coach-built automobiles as well as significantly important post-war Sports Cars. A special class of previous Best in Show winners is being created. This Best in Show exhibition will be joined by the Senior Award Winning Automobiles from the significant Concours throughout the country, including Pebble Beach, Amelia Island and Radnor Hunt. Phipps adds, “With Chef MacDonald’s culinary expertise and commitment to local ingredients, we’ll be debuting an enhanced exclusive VIP and entrants gallery, which will feature a gourmet garden party with live music, flowing champagne and culinary delights.” An additional display of classic wooden speed boats next door at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, will enhance the mood of stepping back in time.

The Concours will continue its partnership with the Classic Motor Museum in 2017, with plans for the Museum to host Saturday’s Motoring Tour departing from the newly constructed post and beam exhibits barn housing the museum’s main collection for an antique and classic airplane rendezvous at the Easton Airport. “That partnership remains particularly important to us,” adds Phipps, “once again the beneficiary of the 2017 Concours is the Classic Motor Museum of St. Michaels. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Classic Motor Museum and St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance prioritize education for local kids and young adults. The new Classic Motor Museum recently launched an automotive educational program and restoration of a rare1938 Alvis Drop head coupe which shall be on display the entire weekend.

Please join us for a day of Grand Classic Motor Cars, antique wooden speed boats, fashion, and casual elegance on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Tickets are now available online and may be purchased at www.smcde.org. General admission tickets are $50 and a VIP Pass is $160. If purchased in advance online, a discounted general admission ticket is $40 and for a limited time only a discounted VIP Pass is $140.

For further information, visit the St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance website at www.smcde.org or call the Classic Motor Museum of St. Michaels at (410) 745-8979.

For information about advertising in our program or sponsorship contact Mary Kramer at 410-725-6350 or essd09@gmail.com.

MORE THAN A DOZEN HINCKLEY YACHTS WILL RENDEZVOUS AT INN AT PERRY CABIN

Annual Owner Celebration Returns to the Chesapeake Bay for Only the Second Time in its History

General Manager Michael Hoffmann and Captain Jason Pinter of Inn at Perry Cabin by Belmond will be dockside Friday, August 25, 2017 to welcome more than a dozen experienced and discerning yacht owners as they sail into St. Michaels in a veritable procession of luxurious Hinckleys. 

One by one, Hinckley owners from as far away as Florida will arrive beginning around midday for the 2017 Hinckley Owners Rendezvous. The owner appreciation event is held in a different location every year—from Nantucket to Key Largo—and this is only the second time in the event’s nearly 10-year history that it will take place on the Chesapeake Bay.

Save for a Saturday sail across Eastern Bay to Kent Island, the Miles River will sparkle all weekend with elegant, high-performance crafts while Rendezvous participants enjoy cocktail receptions and private plated meals at Inn at Perry Cabin. Among those crafts will be “Five Star”—a 55’ Hinckley yacht and the newest addition to Inn at Perry Cabin’s fleet, available for private charters and “Skip the Bridge” escape packages.

The public is welcome to stroll along the Inn’s docks and waterfront lawn Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. to admire the yachts, speak with owners and meet with Hinckley representatives.

Now in its 89^th year, The Hinckley Company is a world-renowned builder of premium jet boats and sailing craft from 29 to 79 feet in length. It produces only 50 boats each year, from stem to stern and here in the United States, each of them to order. 

Inn At Perry Cabin by Belmond welcomes Vicky Mullaney to sign the Lodge at Black Pearl Cookbook

INN AT PERRY CABIN WELCOMES VICKY MULLANEY TO SIGN THE LODGE AT BLACK PEARL COOKBOOK

What more American way to kick off the July 4 week than to celebrate the art of hunting and cooking?

Respect for the intimate connection between a place and its environment is among Inn at Perry Cabin by Belmond’s core tenets; hence our excitement to introduce a farm-to-table menu this summer, our commitment to local and sustainable sourcing of ingredients, and our eagerness to welcome Vicky Mullaney to our Library on Saturday, July 1, from 3-6 p.m.

Mullaney is a hunter, chef, mother of five, manager of The Lodge at Black Pearl and author of the new The Lodge at Black Pearl Cookbook. 

Renowned as much for its extraordinary food as it is for its legendary waterfowl hunting, The Lodge is right here on the Eastern Shore amid one of the country’s most beautiful and bountiful wilds, and its recipes champion that. 

Along with her husband, Mullaney embraced the healthful benefits of the farm-to-table movement, which continues to entice people into the field and stream in search of their own wild meals and lean meats that are free from growth hormones and antibiotics. The cookbook features recipes and tips for both fresh game and seafood—Duck and Sausage Gumbo, Goose Breast Pate and Peppered Venison Tenderloin, to name a few—along with plentiful and esential culinary creations for those who hunt in the grocery store, from cinnamon rolls to cucumber salad to double chocolate layer cake.

Mullaney will be signing copies of her new cookbook at Inn at Perry Cabin as part of a program of Independence Day events for neighbors and guests. This event is open to the public, and admission is free.

To whet appetites even further, Mullaney will be sampling two of her favorite dishes from the book: Smoked Bluefish Pate and her signature Black Pearls (peppermint patties).

For more information please contact:

Carol Peach-Woods, Director of Sales and Marketing
(443) 258-2231
carol.peach@belmond.com